Because Quote by Robert K. Massie

In the end I write the novels I need to write when I need to write them.

— Steve Erickson

I never set out to write books for children. I don't have a feeling that I'm gonna save children or my life is devoted.

— Maurice Sendak

I will say I highly recommend, if you want to write a book also, have a child in the midst of that process because…

— Dave Itzkoff

First rule of writing: When still a child, make sure you read a lot of books. Spend more time doing this than anything else.

— Zadie Smith

I keep writing children’s books, I keep making children’s books, because I still have them inside of me.

— Oliver Jeffers

I'm writing all the books I wish I had when I was a kid.

— Jason Reynolds

When I finish a book, I always fear that I'll never write again. It takes a lot of time. You always think if you…

— Claire Messud

It takes me a long time writing books. It takes me about five years to write a book, and when I'm done, the last…

— Naomi Klein

I did have a child, and I was reading a lot of picture books to her, but at the same time writing a children's…

— Al Yankovic

I have a lot of books I want to write.

— Douglas Brinkley

The things I want to do mostly involve writing.

— Tomi Adeyemi

Originally I had planned to write just a couple of children's books and then, return the focus on adult literature. A funny thing happened…

— Nikki Grimes